In the world of beer brands, Stella Artois and Grolsch are recognized cinema addicts. While the first of them provides a retrospective look at the history of cinematograph with its numerous projects and hilarious retro-style campaign as well as pays tribute to the recent accomplishments in the industry by supporting the Cannes Film Festival, the second one, which also celebrates the legendary movies through its Grolsch & LWLies Presents club, from now on is mainly focused on the future. The iconic Dutch beer brand is now sponsoring the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) and also presents a new program dubbed ‘Grolsch Film Works’ to give a hand to emerging cinema talents.

Miller Lite is encouraging beer drinkers across the USA to ‘save their summer’ by collecting Taste Points and submitting them for the chance to win epic prizes. The program running from May 1 through July 31 allows legal-drinking-age consumers to collect points found on specially marked packages of Miller Lite and by checking-in on foursquare at participating bars and restaurants for a chance to win thousands of daily and weekly, or one of three epic prizes.

Molson Coors and Landor Associates launched exciting new designs for Coors Light packaging. Coors Light seeks to build on its heritage, reinforcing the core Rocky Mountain cold refreshment brand message. The simplified design, launching in the UK, promotes the brand’s position as a Premium Light Tasting Beer, whilst managing consumer understanding that ‘light’ references taste and not alcohol by volume (ABV) content. 

Heineken revealed plans for a new design program, termed the ‘open design explorations,’ that will create vibrant new concepts for bars, clubs and social spaces. The first project in the program will launch in June 2011 and will invite emerging design talent from around the world to envisage and create a pioneering ‘pop up club’ that will be unveiled in Milan to coincide with Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its ongoing Art Labels campaign, Beck’s is presenting the best graphics which appeared on its limited edition bottles over the past two and a half decades. The exhibit dubbed ‘Beck’s Art Crawl’ and is rolling out at eight pubs across East London from April 11 through April 28, unveiling the archive of bespoke label artworks by celebrated international artists including Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons, Bruce McLean, Richard Long, Tim Head, Tony Oursler, Tim Noble & Sue Webster and Roderick Buchanan.

For over 13 years London-based RPM agency has worked with cider brand Strongbow on their festival activation to create the Strongbow Bowtime Bar that represents a uniquely structured dance arena inviting consumers in to relax in the secret garden, dance on the spacious dance floor and enjoy a pint of Strongbow from the multiple bars provided. RPM has been working alongside talent booking agency OurKidBrother who programme the live stage to create live entertainment that works around the clock during the festival.

Carlsberg, a world-renowned beer manufacturer, announced April 5 that it was ready to start brand re-positioning aimed at doubling its profits by 2015. Appearantly, global expansion is not enough for the company. As Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, Carlsberg’s CEO, has put it, though the brand is known all over the world, its sales simply do not measure up to its brand recognition.